Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence
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Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence
This orthodoxy was now replaced with a new paradigm, called neuroplasticity. The brain, it turns out, is constantly changing in response to experience. It’s possible to sculpt your brain through meditation just as you build and tone your body through exercise—to grow your gray matter the way doing curls grows your bicep.
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